EFF MPs have been suspended from Parliament without pay for disrupting proceedings when they shouted "pay back the money" at the president.
Both party funding and political debate are obscured by non-disclosure of financial sources. Parliament must change this urgently.
The presidency released a statement that Zuma has in fact been in Parliament. The reason you can’t see him? Magic.
Presidency spokesperson Mac Maharaj says President Jacob Zuma is only required to answer questions by invitation, once per quarter.
The ANC’s attempt to censure the EFF MPs who chanted "pay back the money" was pushed back by a united front from the opposition parties in Parliament.
By ignoring historical context in Parliament the ANC has blurred the line between rule and practice.
The peace accord between the ANC and opposition parties in an attempt to bring order to National Assembly sessions lasted just one day.
Chief whips agreed to postpone a debate late on Tuesday evening about President Jacob Zuma’s lack of attendance at National Assembly sittings.
Cyril Ramaphosa traded the salaries of errant EFF MPs for a promise by opposition parties that they will respect Parliament’s rules in future.
The EFF leader’s sexist comments raise laughs but they reflect South Africa’s complex gender and power relations and are no laughing matter.
Despite being "traumatised" after being forcibly removed from Parliament, EFF MP Reneilwe Mashabela says nothing will keep her away from Parliament.
National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete said Thursday night’s events were a culmination of a build-up, and resulted in what the "law actually allows".
Police removed an EFF MP from the National Assembly after she refused to withdraw a statement that Zuma is a thief.
An ANC-only committee has absolved the president of any wrongdoing and recommended that he deal with the state employees who oversaw the upgrades.
An angry deputy president called on opposition party leaders to show Jacob Zuma respect in Parliament if they want a good relationship with him.
The EFF’s chief whip has apologised "unconditionally" for flipping the bird at Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa in Parliament.
Parliament has postponed its inquiry into the academic qualifications of SABC chairperson, Ellen Tshabalala.
Ellen Tshabalala’s lawyers have launched a bid to stop an inquiry that had resolved to have her suspended for lying about her qualifications.
Sources said that the opposition – the EFF, DA, UDM and IFP – are planning to withdraw due to unhappiness over the ‘procedurally incorrect’ process.
A group called ‘concerned lawyers and educationalists for equality before the law’ has written to Parliament, asking for Thuli Madonsela’s removal.
The EFF is set to be absent from Parliament’s scrutiny of departments’ annual reports, which begins next Tuesday and runs until the end of October.
What the bullying ANC doesn’t get is that our democracy is almost more than just numbers.
Julius Malema and other EFF MPs walked out of a disciplinary hearing about the "pay back the money" debacle, saying it was contaminated by the ANC.
The EFF’s parliamentary disciplinary hearing began with the firebrand party making life difficult for the committee members questioning its MPs.
A parliamentary committee’s decision to suspend SABC chairperson Zandile Tshabalala has been overruled, leaving the decision up to the president.
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/ 30 September 2014
EFF MPs have to submit themselves to a parliamentary disciplinary process after the high court in Cape Town kicked out the party’s urgent interdict.
The EFF had made a "gross and manipulative" misrepresentation of Baleka Mbete’s comments that she had "lost it", Parliament said.
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/ 23 September 2014
Parliament’s powers and privileges committee has charged 20 EFF MPs for refusing to leave the National Assembly chamber when ordered to do so.
Parliament must crack the whip against the rabble-rousing EFF, whose antics have disrupted proceedings on a couple of occasions, says Gwede Mantashe.
Parliament launched a #KnowYourSpeaker campaign, championing Baleka Mbete after a walkout handed the ANC success in a vote of no confidence in her.
The two EFF leaders have been thrown out of Parliament for a second time after calling Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa a murderer.
Not only is the National Assembly providing entertainment at the moment, it’s giving SA a taste of how healthy its democracy is, writes Khaya Dlanga.